From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao03.cox.net (fed1rmmtao03.cox.net [68.230.241.36]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C063686D1 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 08:02:05 +1100 (EST) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 14:02:04 -0700 From: Tom Rini To: Wolfgang Denk Message-ID: <20051108210204.GP3839@smtp.west.cox.net> References: <20051108175658.GO3839@smtp.west.cox.net> <20051108205259.A2870352B33@atlas.denx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20051108205259.A2870352B33@atlas.denx.de> Cc: David Jander , linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: fix swapping on 8xx? List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 09:52:59PM +0100, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > In message <20051108175658.GO3839@smtp.west.cox.net> you wrote: > > > > > Well, at least it sounds ugly together, but it is also at least conceiveable. > > > There seem to be people who use PCMCIA for an IDE interface, so swapping may > > > become desireable in some cases. > > > > I think Dan might be in the camp that says a properly designed embedded > > system won't need to swap. And when I hear about how people do try and > > swap on systems like this, I really start agreeing. Maybe we could make > > 8xx just select SWAP=n? :) > > No! David is right. There are systems out in the field running with > IDE harddisks attached (either through custom hardware interfaces or > through standard PCMCIA adapters), and some of these actually need > and use swap space. > > Please do not remove stuff that is needed and used to work (in 2.4). Note the bug in question exists in 2.4, and I think really even 2.2. -- Tom Rini http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/